Material Safety Data Sheet, Installation Instruction URL, Status Code, Manufacturer UNSPSC, and Energy Star Compliance fields added

In response to feedback from our customers, Trade Service is pleased to announce the addition of new data fields to our Catalog Connect Image Only format.

• The first new field, msds_sheet_url, will be populated, if available from the manufacturer, with a URL link to the material safety data sheet for each specific item.
  
• We are also adding install_instruction_url, which will be populated, if available from the manufacturer, with a URL link to installation instructions for the item.
  

These new fields will be in the first deliverable update after December 1, 2008 and will appear at the end of the imageonly.txt table for the Catalog Connect Image Only product.

Three additional new data fields are also being added to our Catalog Connect format.

• The mfr_item_status field will be added and populated with manufacturer provided status changes. This will be a character field and is strictly a pass-through of manufacturer supplied data.
  
• The mfr_unspsc field will be added and populated with the manufacturers provided UNSPSC code. This will be a numeric field and is strictly a pass-through of manufacturer supplied data.
  
• The energy_star field will be added and populated with a “Y” for YES if the item is Energy Star compliant.

These new fields will be in the first deliverable update after December 1, 2008 and will appear at the end of the pricesvc.txt table for the Catalog Connect Image Only product.